Engineering lecturers Bob Gray and Scott McGovern welcomed pupils from Fife to Moray to a heat of the Bloodhound Project model car races, a UK endeavour to encourage pupils across the country to become involved in science, technology, engineering and maths.

The pupils assembled the kits and brought them back to D&A College where the lecturers fitted the rockets before holding explosive time trials.

Despite being less than a foot long, the lightweight cars can reach speed of more than 90mph.

As well as the actual races, the lecturers organised a series of activities for the teams including: a presentation looking at the science behind the cars; a full-size racing car on show – one that take part in drifting; a chance to see flying drones in action; robots, and virtual reality goggles.

“While we intended the day to be as entertaining as possible, we instilled a little bit of science and maths into the pupils,” said Bob with a smile.